A GERMAN nurse murdered 100 patients by giving them drug-induced heart attacks so he could bring them back to life, it has been claimed. Niels Hoegel is already serving a life sentence for two murders and is about to stand trial on charges that he killed a further 100 patients at two hospitals in Germany. The suspected serial killer’s trial is due to start today in the north-western city of Oldenburg. Prosecutors say the 41-year-old’s motive was to impress colleagues by trying to resuscitate the same patients he had attacked. He is accused of committing the crimes during his time at a hospital in Oldenburg between 1999 and 2002, and at another hospital in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005. Hoegel was convicted in 2015 of two murders and two attempted murders. He is now suspected in 38 cases in Oldenburg and 62 in Delmenhorst. During that trial, he said he intentionally brought about cardiac crises in some 90 patients in Delmenhorst because he enjoyed the feeling of being … [Read more...] about German nurse serial killer Niels Hoegel ‘murdered 100 patients by giving them drug-induced heart attacks so he could bring them back to life’
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Darren Gallagher was the love of my life, says heartbroken girlfriend of crash victim
Darren Gallagher was the love of my life, says heartbroken girlfriend of crash victim BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The heartbroken partner of a young Co Tyrone man killed in a weekend crash has paid tribute to the "love of her life". https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/darren-gallagher-was-the-love-of-my-life-says-heartbroken-girlfriend-of-crash-victim-37472161.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37472160.ece/6d63a/AUTOCROP/h342/2018-10-30_new_45323817_I1.JPG Email The heartbroken partner of a young Co Tyrone man killed in a weekend crash has paid tribute to the "love of her life". Darren Gallagher (23), from Omagh and formerly Gortin, died on a stretch of the A5 near Omagh in the early hours of Sunday morning. It is the second tragedy to hit the family. Mr Gallagher's mother Martina passed away 11 years ago due to illness. Yesterday his heartbroken girlfriend, Shannon Thompson (22), paid a heartfelt tribute to him. She told the … [Read more...] about Darren Gallagher was the love of my life, says heartbroken girlfriend of crash victim
Fake drugs: The global industry putting your life at risk
Story highlights The manufacture and distribution of medicines is so complex that it is often hard to track where fake or substandard medicines come from With some drugs, like statins or arthritis drugs, the effects of poor quality are confined to those taking them With antimicrobials, inappropriate use reduces their effectiveness for everyone else In late 2012, 60 people died in two cities in Pakistan after drinking cough syrup to get high. Tests in Pakistan revealed that the medicines seemed to contain the correct amount of active ingredient, but further tests revealed something that was not supposed to be there. Levomethorphan, a chemical five times stronger than morphine, was the contaminant that had caused the deaths. In September 2013, 44 children in Paraguay were admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties. It turned out the children had all been given a locally made cough medicine, and investigators later found that this came from the same batch that had caused the … [Read more...] about Fake drugs: The global industry putting your life at risk
How freak accident changed my life – Mum-of-one thanks medics after horror fall
Video PUBLISHED: 07:25 30 October 2018 Will Jefford Bexx will have to wear her halo for 12 weeks Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Archant A young mother-of-one who suffered horrific injuries in a freak accident is speaking for the first time about the ordeal as she thanks her lifesavers. Bexx Hunt, from Great Waldingfield near Sudbury, had got up during the night when disaster struck.The 28-year-old fell over her golden Labrador and tumbled down a flight of stairs – breaking her neck as her head hit a wall at the bottom. Knocked out by the painful blow, she called for her partner Neil who had managed to sleep through the fall – but he wouldn’t wake. It was at this point that she decided to make her way back up to bed. Feeling weary, Miss Hunt managed to fall asleep until the next morning.“The first time I knew I was seriously hurt was in the morning when my head was stuck to my pillow when I woke up,” she said.Bexx Hunt had a … [Read more...] about How freak accident changed my life – Mum-of-one thanks medics after horror fall
Rare glimpse into family life in a Belfast’s ‘Big Houses’
Rare glimpse into family life in a Belfast's 'Big Houses' BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The writer whose best-selling books revisit all our yesterdays in east Belfast has now captured the very essence of how the other half lived in a very different city over a hundred years ago. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/archive/rare-glimpse-into-family-life-in-a-belfasts-big-houses-37472176.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/article37472175.ece/d37ee/AUTOCROP/h342/2018-10-30_lif_45322697_I11.JPG Email The writer whose best-selling books revisit all our yesterdays in east Belfast has now captured the very essence of how the other half lived in a very different city over a hundred years ago. Aidan Campbell's latest publication, East Belfast Big Houses, does what it says on the cover and gives readers an intriguing glimpse into substantial dwellings in the area, and also features the families who lived in them. And the characters in the book are almost as big and colourful as … [Read more...] about Rare glimpse into family life in a Belfast’s ‘Big Houses’